carp nitpick quibble nit-picking cavil hair-splitting niggle pettifogging be fault-finding blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect -- carp blow at the hair to look for a mote blow upon the hair trying to discover a mote
These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed.
这些吹毛求疵的批评暂且不论,多数论文的确是很不错的。
—— 柯林斯例句Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
—— 柯林斯例句She was in no mood to put up with Blanche´s carping.
她心情不好,受不了布兰奇的吹毛求疵。
—— 柯林斯例句Despite strong principles he was never censorious.
虽然他原则性很强,可从来不会吹毛求疵。
—— 柯林斯例句Ridley viewed his work with a cynical detachment.
里德利以一种吹毛求疵的超然态度看待他的作品。
—— 柯林斯例句